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Managing agrodiversity the traditional way : (Record no. 19978)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9280810987 (pbk)
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Transcribing agency UNU Library
245 00 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Managing agrodiversity the traditional way :
Remainder of title lessons from West Africa in sustainable use of biodiversity and related natural resources /
Statement of responsibility, etc. edited by Edwin A. Gyasi, Gordana Kranjac-Berisavljevic, Essie T. Blay, and William Oduro.
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC.
Place of publication, distribution, etc. Tokyo,
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. United Nations University Press
Date of publication, distribution, etc. c2004.
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent xxviii, 266 p. :
Other physical details ill. (some col.), maps ;
Dimensions 24 cm.
500 ## - GENERAL NOTE
General note This book is a result of the multidisciplinary, participatory research work in West Africa, particularly in Ghana, as part of the UNU Project on People, Land Management and Environmental Change (UNU/PLEC).
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General note Includes bibliographical references.
505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE
Formatted contents note 1. Methodological approaches to the book / Edwin A. Gyasi --
2. Philosophical foundations of biophysical resource use with special reference to Ghana / Alfred A. Oteng-Yeboah --
3. Traditional methods of resource assessment relative to the scientific approach / Stephen Nkansa Buabeng --
4. Farmer strategies of managing agrodiversity in a variable climate in PLEC demonstration sites in southern Ghana / Edward Ofori-Sarpong and Felix Asante --
5. Demonstration sites and expert farmers in conservation of biodiversity / Edwin A. Gyasi --
6. Management regimes in southern Ghana / Edwin A. Gyasi --
7. Yams : traditional ways of managing their diversity for food security in southern Ghana / Essie T. Blay --
8. Sustaining diversity of yams in northern Ghana / Gordana Kranjac-Berisavljevic and Bizoola Z. Gandaa --
9. Conservation of indigenous rice varieties by women of Gore in the northern savanna zone, Ghana / Paul B. Tanzubil, Joseph S. Dittoh and Gordana Kranjac-Berisavljevic -- 10. Vegetables : traditional ways of managing their diversity for food security in southern Ghana / Essie T. Blay --
11. The proka mulching and no-burn system : a case study of Tano-Odumasi and Jachie / Charles Quansah and William Oduro
-- 12. Managing the home garden for food security and as a germplasm bank / Lewis Enu-Kwesi, Edwin A. Gyasi and Vincent V. Vordzogbe -- 13. Management of trees in association with crops in traditional agroforestry systems / John A. Poku -- 14. Preliminary observations on effects of traditional farming practices on growth and yield of crops / Leonard Asafo, Ebenezer Laing, Lewis Enu-Kwesi, and Vincent V. Vordzogbe -- 15. Effects of four indigenous trees canopy covers on soil fertility in a Ghanaian savanna / Charles Anane-Sakyi, AbubakariSadik Abdulai, and Saa Dittoh -- 16. Comparative management of the savanna woodland in Ghana and Guinea : a preliminary analysis / Lewis Enu-Kwesi, Vincent V. Vordzogbe, Diallo Amirou, and Diallo Daouda -- 17. Agrodiversity within and without conserved forests for enhancing rural livelihoods / Essie T. Blay, Benjamin D. Ofori, John Heloo, Joachim B. Ofori, and Emmanuel Nartey -- 18. Aspects of resource tenure that conserve biodiversity : the case of southern and northern ghana / Edwin A. Gyasi and William J. Asante -- 19. Resource access and distribution and the use of land in Tano-Odumasi, central Ghana / John A. Bakang, William Oduro, and Kwaku A. Nkyi -- 20. Women environmental pacesetters of jachie / Olivia Agbenyega and William Oduro -- 21. Lessons learnt and future research directions / Edwin A. Gyasi.
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Topical term or geographic name entry element CULTIVATION SYSTEMS
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Topical term or geographic name entry element WEST AFRICA
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Topical term or geographic name entry element CASE STUDIES
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Topical term or geographic name entry element TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE
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Topical term or geographic name entry element RESOURCES CONSERVATION
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Topical term or geographic name entry element SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE
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Topical term or geographic name entry element BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY
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700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Gyasi, Edwin A.,1943-
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Personal name Kranjac-Berisavljevic, Gordana
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700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Blay, Essie T.
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700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Oduro, William
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